Andrew Philip Whittle

Australian

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Non-Executive Director

Independent & Non Executive

He holds a Bachelor of Science degree with First Class Honours in Geology from the University of Adelaide, South Australia.

Mr. Andrew Philip Whittle has over 40 years of technical and managerial experience in the petroleum E&P industry worldwide with a focus on South East Asia/Australia. His experience includes over 21 years with several affiliates of Exxon Corporation in Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Canada and the United States of America, and finally in the position of geological manager of Esso Australia. Thereafter, he was exploration manager for five years with GFE Resources Ltd, Australia. He is a founding director of PetroVal (Australiasia) Pty Ltd and has over 15 years experience preparing independent technical reports, in evaluating E&P assets, and providing valuations and expert options for a range of clients. He was closely involved in early discoveries in the Bass Strait and offshore Peninsular Malaysia for Exxon, in the exploration that led to the identification and discovery of the Thylacine gas field in the Otway Basin and in promoting Pexco into Indonesia deepwater exploration. He serves as a non-executive director on the board of Bass Strait Oil Company Ltd and non-executive chairman of Central Petroleum Limited.

Direct beneficial interest in 400,000 shares of Bumi Armada Berhad of RM0.20 each held under CIMSEC Nominees (Asing) Sdn Bhd.